QS at NAFSA
Last month, over 8,500 international higher education professionals made their way to Houston for the annual NAFSA’s Conference & Expo. QS has been a regular exhibitor and this year was no exception with representatives from our offices in Singapore, Stuttgart, New York City, and London congregating in the hot but friendly city. Continue Reading
QS University Rankings by Subject 2012: top universities to study arts and humanities
The arts and humanities rankings cover English language and literature, geography, history, linguistics and philosophy. One of the most interesting things that the QS University Rankings by Subject 2012: Arts and Humanities reveal is a concentration of strength in certain regions of the world in certain disciplines. Continue Reading
Diverse subject rankings show the strength of global competition
This year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject cover a record 29 disciplines, and the headline figure tells a familiar story.
MIT and Harvard underline their place at the forefront of global academia in a range of fields, topping the tables in 11 disciplines apiece, with fellow US institution Stanford University taking 3 top spots.
The remaining number-one positions are occupied by the UK’s leading universities, Oxford (top in geography, history and philosophy) and Cambridge (English language and literature).
However, while the leading institutions from the US and UK underline their consistency across the spectrum of academic endeavor, these rankings are notable above all, for the number of world-class departments they reveal at institutions less accustomed to the upper echelons of global rankings.
QS Subject Rankings 2012: top universities for natural sciences
The release of the QS World University by Subject revealed some interesting trends. The big picture for natural sciences is much the same as in most subject areas: overall US domination, interspersed with fairly stable performance from universities in other well-established higher education destinations, and – in general – the most exciting upwards movement coming from emerging Asian universities.
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HE News Brief 2.7.12
- UK: A new report discusses social mobility and higher education
- UK: Allegations that universities offer places to poor performing foreign students
- INTERNATIONAL: India and Chinese international student trends
- RUSSIA: Recognition of foreign universities in ranking systems
